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G. NEUDECKER.

Making Plug TQbaccQ.

Patented Feb. 26, 1867.

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letters Patent Nb. 62,358, dated February Q6, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL NnuDnoKi-ta, of the city and county of St. Louis, and State ot Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Removing Plug Tobacco from Moulds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersot` reference marked thereon.

The nature of this invention consists in iitting themoulds into which the plug tobacco is pressed'into akind of box, the cover of which is studded with a series of plungors that fit easily into the cells of the moulds when the cover is 'thrown down upon its bearing on the box, and-the plugs of tobacco are thereby thrown out of the moulds very quickly and easily wit-hout any of. them being spoiled. The present mode of removing the plugs from the mould-s is to take a small wooden set, and, placing it successively upon each of the plugs, strike it with n. hammer. This operation a slow and tedious one, and many cf the plugs are broken and spoiled by the operation, and a severe loss is thereby entailed upon the manufacturer. v

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved apparatus, I will proceed to describe its construction and opera-tion. I

The, accompanying drawings representone of the improved apparatus, consisting ofthe following parts, to wit: the box, the mould, the cover that is studded with plungers, and a drawer into which the discharged plugs are dropped.

A is a box, into the top of which the mould Bis fitted to slide easilj,v on ways fitted to thesides ofthe bxi i The mould B is subdivided by means ot' the partition walls b into small cells, Za', of the proper size to form a 'lu in each se )arate cell. 'lhere should be several of these moulds to each box. so that while one mould or set- P g l of moulds is in the press others maar bein the box being unloaded. The cover A1 is hinged to one side of the box A, and a cord, a, attached to the front end of this cover, will pass thence up over a sheavc in the top end of the post or frame A and thence down to a weight, W, on its lower end. This woightedvcord will assist the operator in raising the cover Al, and also hold the .said cover up while the moulds B are being changed. The

bottom side of the cover Al is studded with'plungers, a', which are arranged to fit easily into the cells b. A..

drawer, C, is fitted into the bottom part of the box, and into this receptacle'the plugs will fall when driven out ofthe moulds. Several of these drawers may be provided for each box, so that while one is receiving its load another may be unloading. When the mould B is placed in the box preparatory to being unloaded, the cover AAwill be thrown up and the drawer C in its place inthe box. The cover A1 will then be drawn down upon the box, and in the operation the plungers a will strike the plugs, first, equally at one end, and then gently force them out into the drawer below Without. breaking one of them.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is,-

1. Thecovei' A1, when armed with the plungers a, which are so titted and arranged that they may be employed for the purpose of simultaneously forcing the plugs of tobacco from the moulds B.

2. I claim the combination and arrangement ofthe box A, the mould B, and the cover A1, substantially as described and setforth.

GABRIEL NEUDECKER. Witn csses M. RANDOLPH, S. M. RANDOLPH. 

